Schütte
Human Comedy
German artist Thomas Schütte was born in 1954, and lives and works in Düsseldorf. Although he produces watercolours, drawings and photographs, he is first and foremost a sculptor, and not of small figures. Schütte works on a human scale, and sometimes bigger. He creates monumental sculptures for squares, gardens and large buildings. His approach is free and original, and he experiments with different techniques and materials (bronze, gesso, iron, ceramics and even plasticine). His sources of inspiration are equally varied: from ancient statues to modern sculpture. In fact, the artist isn’t afraid of creating ‘unfashionable’ figures, which are out of context and carry a strange message. His sculpture is thrilling. Thomas Schütte is aware that by shaping materials with his hands, he can express deep emotions and concepts, such as fear, authority, alienation, solitude and death.
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Human Comedy
German artist Thomas Schütte was born in 1954, and lives and works in Düsseldorf. Although he produces watercolours, drawings and photographs, he is first and foremost a sculptor, and not of small figures. Schütte works on a human scale, and sometimes bigger. He creates monumental sculptures for squares, gardens and large buildings. His approach is free and original, and he experiments with different techniques and materials (bronze, gesso, iron, ceramics and even plasticine). His sources of inspiration are equally varied: from ancient statues to modern sculpture. In fact, the artist isn’t afraid of creating ‘unfashionable’ figures, which are out of context and carry a strange message. His sculpture is thrilling. Thomas Schütte is aware that by shaping materials with his hands, he can express deep emotions and concepts, such as fear, authority, alienation, solitude and death.
